John S. Brown
1949 – 2009
AUBURN — John S. Brown, 60, of Buckfield, went home to be with his Lord and Savoir on Sept. 8, surrounded by his family.
He was born in North Paris, Aug. 14, 1949, the son of Clyde and Frances (Russell) Brown Sr.
He grew up in Buckfield and started working as a teenager at Prince Farms in Turner, where he learned to care for apple trees.
He met his wife, Helen-Jean (Powell) during apple harvest of 1968. They married on Dec. 27, 1968.
Throughout his life, he made a career of apples, having worked at the Prince Farm, and Greenwood Orchards in Buckfield, Lipman’s Orchard in Winthrop, Norinsburg Orchard in Cornwall, Vt., Rowe’s of Newport, Chicks of Monmouth and Coopers of Turner.
He loved fishing, hunting, camping and being with his family and also enjoyed being with his family at Grace Fellowship Church in Oxford.
He will be greatly missed by his beloved wife of more than 40 years, his son and daughter and their families.
He is survived by his wife, Helen-Jean of Buckfield; his son, John and his wife, Melissa, of Buckfield; daughter, Susan and partner, Dawn, of Buckfield; grandchildren, John III of Virginia, Georgia and Jacob of Nebraska, Megan, Taylor and Kaleb of Buckfield and Daniel Boone of Buckfield; sisters, Rosalie and her husband, Henley James, of Florida and Nyoka and her husband, Wayne Nixon, of Florida; brothers, William and wife, Faye, of Kingfield, Clyde and his wife, Donna, of Sumner and Mike and his wife, Diane, of Canton; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents, Clyde and Frances Brown of Buckfield.